1. How swiftly separation came, yet how swiftly joy fled,
If I hoped as I feared, then no blame on me.

2. What ails a lonely mother with no friend
Save one whose pangs the past eve but stirred?

3. She tossed, and with her a care that racked her soul
Seeking cure for the heart's hurt till it festered.

4. I am hapless, yet far hap- lier than she
When severance left my love distraught and sleepless.

5. One day when she glanced back with passing look
I found in my heart, from her mischief, embers.

6. With a glance, whenever I check its tearfulness,
Its injuries gush forth tears in frenzy.

7. As if it were a maiden camel, aroused, excited, stirred up,
Whose grumbling camel-maids have been excited.

8. By God, no eastern wind has blown,
Except I sensed from it your fragrance.

9. No lightning flashed for me from your abode,
Except I greeted it joyfully, revived.